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| Genre | Drama, Action & Adventure |
| Format | Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby, Dubbed, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen |
| Contributor | Robert Alan Arthur, Eva Marie Saint, Geneviève Page, Yves Montand, Edward Lewis, Brian Bedford, Jessica Walter, John Frankenheimer, James Garner, Toshiro Mifune, Kirk Douglas, Antonio Sabato See more |
| Language | English, French, Italian |
| Runtime | 2 hours and 56 minutes |
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Grand Prix: Special Edition (Dbl DVD) Oscar-winning editing and sound propel this action-packed look at the intertwining lives of four competitive Grand Prix race car drivers. Starring James Garner ("Victor/Victoria," "Maverick," TV's "The Rockford Files"), Eva Marie Saint ("North by Northwest," "On the Waterfront," TV's "Moonlighting"), and international stars Yves Montand ("The Wages of Fear") and Toshiro Mifune (TV's "Shogun," "Rashomon"). Directed by Emmy-winner John Frankenheimer ("The Manchurian Candidate," "Ronin").
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Light on story, this 1966 spectacle directed by John Frankenheimer was shot in 70 millimeter, with a cinematically enthralling emphasis on unique, visceral new ways of capturing the sensations of a car race. James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Yves Montand, and Toshiro Mifune are part of the stellar, international cast whose characters plod through assorted relationship and business conflicts. But the film's real hook is the thrilling and inventive means by which Frankenheimer (The Manchurian Candidate) brings an urgency to the drama happening on the racetrack. A true master of the plastic techniques of obtaining and cutting kinetic footage, Frankenheimer offers more than a joyride to viewers: he makes action part of the compelling language of stories. Cameras are strapped to vehicles as they round the track, shots are taken from a helicopter, the screen is split between angles for maximum impact--even if Grand Prix doesn't rank among the director's best character-driven stories, it is certainly driven on its own terms. --Tom Keogh
On the DVD
The much-anticipated release on DVD does not disappoint, with a pristine restored print and upgraded 5.1 Dolby sound. Of course, the Cinerama film can only be fully appreciated if you sit very close to your screen. The absence of a commentary track is forgivable, since director John Frankenheimer died in 2002. "Pushing the Limit" is your standard 30-minute retrospective with many new interviews with the stars and drivers. The universal opinion is that the film caught Formula One at the exact right time when the beauty of the sport was about to be changed in favor of safety and commercialism. There are some fascinating stories on how they were able to use real race footage so seamlessly. "Flat Out" continues the vibe of what racing was like in the '60s with more interviews from the real racers. "The Style and Sound of Speed" talks about designer Saul Bass and how he created the film's different approaches to each race and the cutting-edge use of montages and multiple screens. The vintage doc is kitschy but allows us to see the filming in action (the footage is used extensively in the new featurettes). --Doug Thomas
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 2.20:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.53 inches; 4.8 Ounces
- Item model number : 380488219
- Director : John Frankenheimer
- Media Format : Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby, Dubbed, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
- Run time : 2 hours and 56 minutes
- Release date : July 11, 2006
- Actors : James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Yves Montand, Toshiro Mifune, Brian Bedford
- Dubbed: : French
- Subtitles: : English, Spanish, French
- Producers : Kirk Douglas, Edward Lewis, John Frankenheimer, James Garner
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 1.0)
- Studio : WarnerBrothers
- ASIN : B000FFJYCU
- Writers : Robert Alan Arthur
- Number of discs : 2
- Best Sellers Rank: #22,254 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #201 in Sports (Movies & TV)
- #2,365 in Action & Adventure DVDs
- #3,937 in Drama DVDs
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I think the most important characters in the film are, in a way, the race cars of the mid60s. You get wonderful details about how they function, how they are designed, what their limits are, etc. Of course, the men who create them are present, but they are mainly seen as businessmen of extraordinarily aggressive will to win at any cost, even the lives of their drivers. Then, there are the drivers, who are the true lifeblood of the story, and their women. My favorite is Yves Montand, a man of great talent and wisdom in a stalled marriage and burning out as a human being. His team mate is an insensitive egoist from Sicily, an up-and-comer, who seduces a stupid groupie, the astonishingly beautiful Francoise Hardy in her prime. Garner is excellent as a striver entering middle age, perhaps blowing his last chance. He is seduced by the estranged wife of his old partner, who blames him for the terrible accident that maims him for life. Toshiro Mifune is outstanding as a Japanese industrialist who wants to overcome the unchampion-like psychology of his Japanese drivers, employing subtle manipulation to do so. Jessica (Play Misty4me) Walter, the estranged wife, delivered a performance so superior to Saint's that I was stunned. Hardy made a great bombshell bimbo, to mirror the shallowness of her rock star boyfriend. Brian Bedford, the wounded and implacably ambitious driver also develops a great character, complete with a pushy aristocratic mother that wants him to return and win, even if it costs him his life.
The plot follows these characters and their career concerns through the grand prix circuit for world championship. It is so exciting that it made me a racing fan for many years, and intertwines well with the lives and conflicts of the drivers at a time when the sport was raw and largely undiscovered and the cars far more artisanal than today's high tech masterpieces that are converging on a single design. There is no other film that portrays this kind of danger and excitement in such vivid images, complete with the inner dialogues of the drivers as they explain what they are facing. It is absolutely masterful.
Nonetheless, the film isn't perfect. I was surprised at how wooden Eva Marie Saint's performance was, really a walkthrough role of a character that she didn't bother to develop. Her dialogue with Montand is stilted and formulaic. Some of the effects are clearly dated, with flying dummies and models, though it is rare to notice them.
The bluray print is really worth it, though I had my worries after some of the lousy prints I've seen of older films. They did a first rate transfer of this, evidently superior to dvd versions. Finally, the extras documentaries are interesting, if a bit much.
Recommended with enthusiasm.
The racing sequences are amazing. Most of the racing footage in Grand Prix are from actual races taking place in 1966. Some of the accidents are partial actual footage, and partial re-creations. You'll get a good idea what it's like to be in one of these fantastic race cars. Nothing sounds great as a V12 Engine.
Grand Prix remains a reference demo for home theater buffs due to its hard-charging surround sound and adrenalized visuals further pumped up by visual consultant Saul Bass, who created the titles and memorable split screen design.
Warner did an excellent job with Grand Prix on Blu-ray. Overall, the film looks spectacular, at times giving the impression of a film that was shot 3 years ago rather than 55 years ago. The 65mm source elements spell often breathtaking detail, film grain is light and natural, black level is deep, and color and contrast are beautifully calibrated.
It was also a joy to see these great European cities when they were still wonderful places to visit. Imagine 1966 when you could easily arrive at the airport 15 minutes before your flight and have plenty of time.
On the Blu-ray the extras include:
Pushing the Limit: The Making of Grand Prix
Flat Out: Formula 1 in the Sixties
The Style and Sound of Speed
Brands Hatch: Behind the Checkered Flag
Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions
Theatrical Trailer
I'm very happy to have this Blu-ray in my 3000 disc collection where I know that in the future it cannot be banned or censored.
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Made in an age without health and safety and a navel-gazing, money-obsessed, blame and claim society. John Frankenheimer (French Connection II, Ronin) went to tremendous lengths to achieve reality when green-screen and CGI were decades away. Even the main characters played by James Garner and Yves Montand were coached by racing drivers so they could handle the cars at speed for the shots showing them driving. In fact Garner was said to be so good he could have been a racer. And at one point in the film in a scene at Brands Hatch he caught fire and bailed out - his insurance company withdrawing their cover for the rest of the shoot. F1 was much more relaxed back then, and drivers unaffected by the nonsense of corporate big business, marketing and all the other rubbish that goes with sport today. - they were real people, not automatons.
For historic F1 enthusiasts it's a must - the story follows the characters at Monaco, Clermont Ferrand, Spa and Brands Hatch - each shot at the actual Grands Prix of that year - 1966. And the shots of the actual races are interspersed with the characters of the story driving on track - seamless and convincing - with all the speed and superb sound of those newly introduced 3 litre engines for that season. The opening scenes at Monaco are superb.
The DVD is packed full of extras, with Frankenheimer's commentary of the entire film, the making of the film, and plenty of stuff about F1 of that era. I'm not sure they make director's like Frankenheimer anymore. What a bloke. What a film.
The human drama is a bit soapy, of which there is much, yet these narrative characterisations help to make us care and understand the protagonists at the core of the story. And of course when the drivers are out there on the track, we know their psychological make-ups, their driving mirroring their motives and emotional fortitude.
The racing segments are superbly filmed by Frankenheimer, with multi-angles used to maximise the experience, while he also uses split screen sections to fully immerse us with the key characters. Two crash sequences are genuinely heart stopping, filmed with a clarity that makes us realise that people actually do die in this sport. While the sound work and editing is quite simply stunning.
See it on the biggest screen you can, and for home formats get the best possible disc available. 8/10


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